Dino id?

[xiholdtruex]

I recently beat cyano and now I have this brown slime in my tank. I believe it is dinos so these are pictures I was able to take under a scope. Please help me id this.

Thanks in advance

 

[xiholdtruex]

 

[reefbeard]

Sorry, ostreopsis dinos they are not according to posts below. Here is a link I found helpful. Some attributing the outbreak of chrysophytes to elevated levels of silicate. Good luck! https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/c...fy-treat-and-remove-it-from-your-tank.299585/

 

[Rogued_Reefer]

@taricha what do you think?

 

[vetteguy53081]

First- Check phosphates and nitrates to assure theyre not elevated.
Here is full program:
Prepare by starting with a water change and blow this stuff loose with a turkey baster and siphon up loose particles.
Turn lights off (at least white and run blue at 10-15%) for 5 days and at night dose 1ml of hydrogen peroxide per 10 gallons for all 5 nights. If you dont have light dependent coral- turn all lights off.
During the day dose 1ml of liquid bacteria (such as bacter 7) per 10 gallons.
Clean filters daily and DO NOT FEED CORAL FOODS OR ADD NOPOX as it is food for dinos.
Day 5,, you can start with blue lights - ramping up and work your white lights up slowly

 

[Idoc]

They don't look like the normal types of dinos to me... and they definitely don't look like ostreopsis dinos even if over exposed (someone else ID a this earlier in the thread).

They have that golden look of chrysophytes, possibly.

 

[taricha]

@taricha what do you think?

Light brown slimy blobs.
The blobby gel may be strong enough to hold some shape out of water.
Under microscope, very tiny, golden, motionless, near spherical cells, spaced out and embedded in the gel.

"Chrysophytes"

 

[xiholdtruex]

Light brown slimy blobs.
The blobby gel may be strong enough to hold some shape out of water.
Under microscope, very tiny, golden, motionless, near spherical cells, spaced out and embedded in the gel.

"Chrysophytes"

That is the exact description of what they do lol

Thank you

 

[xiholdtruex]

@taricha do you have any recommended course of action against them?

 

[taricha]

@taricha do you have any recommended course of action against them?

Not really. Look up the thread "Chrysophytes. Help me cure it"
Has a good collection of what people have done vs these.